The News from ElephantToenails.com

I promised you a while back to provide you with details on how to “subscribe” to The News feeds and here it is.

While I don’t want you to stop coming the ET.com or The News to just browse around, this really cool feature allows you to subscribe to know when I have posted a new article/post in The News without necessarily being forced to come to the site to check it.

The orange icon shown above is the symbol a site (The News articles in particular) uses to let you know if it is subscribible. I know we don’t like to read highly technical computer talk, but to you who are interested or a bit tech savvy this is the way to go. I subscribe to a bunch of different feeds and can at a glance tell if a new post is up at my favorite blogs.

What is an RSS feed? Click the orange icon  shown in the URL field and follow the directions by clicking “Subscribe to this feed”. When you want to see if I’ve posted anything new, click the star symbol (in Internet Explorer) and then click “Feeds.” My feed will be there and if I’ve posted anything new, it will be highlighted. If you hover your mouse over it, it will tell you how many are new. Click it and it will display them for you

I use Foxfire browser and it has an “add-on” news reader that does the trick, but readers are everywhere depending upon what you like and want to use.

To learn more check out RSS Feed and continue to learn about this wonderful tool.

First off allow me to come clean. In case you don’t know it- I am a computer nerd (and yes, I do read software manuals, dozens of books on all the applications/programs I use), but since, from time to time the question comes up what computer do I use- well, for all you techies out there. I’m a Mac Man.

I know from reading the ET.com stats about 73% of the visitors to the site are using a windows based system running IE. Foxfire and Safari are about 18%.

I started using a Mac back in the late 1980’s with my first computer was a Quadra 650AV. Then a couple of years later I got me a Powerbook 5300cs. Eventually I had to switch over to a windows based system in order to access our office network. At the end of 07, I purchased an iPhone and then converted totally back over to an Intel powered MacBook Pro 17′ that allows me to run both the Mac operating system and windows XP (I didn’t upgrade to Vista). This enables me to still access our network and play on my Mac.

I will say, using the Mac is much more fun….now I’ve done it. Be nice with your posts here. We are family remember

I use iPhoto, iMovie, Final Cut Express and iWeb to produce my family website and blog. I also host two websites with blogs created in rapidweaver to help folks learn about the benefits of selling real estate by auction. When I get home in the evenings I plug into my 30 inch HD Apple Display and play away.